Holmes, John, Sapper, 251886, 33rd Light Railway Operating Company, Royal Engineers Formerly 18597, Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment Born Spondon, Derbyshire Enlisted Derby Resided Spondon Killed in action 21st October 1917 aged 23 Son of John and Elizabeth Holmes, of 16, Moor End, Spondon, Derby Buried in Reninghelst New Military Cemetery, IV, B, 3
1911 Census A railway stores assistant Son of John, a railway carriage wheel turner, and Elizabeth Holmes, of 16, Moor End, Spondon, Derbyshire Uncle of Oswald Cope.
Family headstone commemorating John Holmes, Spondon Cemetery
Family headstone commemorating John Holmes, Spondon Cemetery
Also named on the Midland Railway Memorial, Derby. A wagon repairer's boy, carriage and wagon department, Derby
Formerly 18597, Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment
Born Spondon, Derbyshire
Enlisted Derby
Resided Spondon
Killed in action 21st October 1917 aged 23
Son of John and Elizabeth Holmes, of 16, Moor End, Spondon, Derby
Buried in Reninghelst New Military Cemetery, IV, B, 3
1911 Census
A railway stores assistant
Son of John, a railway carriage wheel turner, and Elizabeth Holmes, of 16, Moor End, Spondon, Derbyshire
Uncle of Oswald Cope.
Also named on the Midland Railway Memorial, Derby. A wagon repairer's boy, carriage and wagon department, Derby
Spondon
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Spondon Liberal Club
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Spondon (St. Werburgh's Church)
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